No Joke: Rising Medical Costs Boosting Inflation

That show business aphorism was demonstrated yet again when my attempt at humor in Up & Down Wall Street in this week's Barron's ("Is There a Pundit in the House?" ) drew jeers instead of chuckles from some readers. Indeed, poking fun at Karl Rove's assertions about Hillary Clinton's health elicited hate mail that was more vituperative and voluminous than usual.